Decompression system, control device, and control method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12473908-B2
Application number	US-202118551342-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 20, 2021
Priority date	Mar 24, 2021
Publication date	Nov 18, 2025
Grant date	Nov 18, 2025

Abstract

A decompression system includes: an electric pump configured to decompress a primary-side space with respect to a secondary-side space; and a control device configured to control a motor of the electric pump, wherein the control device includes: a torque command generation unit configured to generate a torque command to operate the motor in accordance with an operation command; a limiter configured to limit the torque command to a limit value or less; a power conversion circuit configured to generate driving power corresponding to the torque command passed through the limiter and supply the driving power to the motor; and a limit changing unit configured to temporarily increase the limit value in response to opening of the decompressed primary-side space with respect to the secondary-side space.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1 . A decompression system comprising:
an electric pump that decompresses an internal space of a chamber with respect to an external space of the chamber; a control circuit that:
controls a motor of the electric pump, generates a torque command to
operate the motor in accordance with an operation command,
limits the torque command to a limit value or less, and
temporarily increases the limit value in response to communication between the internal space and the external space; and
a power conversion circuit that generates driving power corresponding to the torque command passed through the control circuit and supplies the driving power to the motor.

2 . The decompression system according to claim 1 , wherein
the operation command includes a target speed, and the control circuit generates the torque command such that a speed of the motor follows the target speed.

3 . The decompression system according to claim 2 , wherein after the communication and after the speed of the motor decreases to satisfy a predetermined speed decrease condition, the control circuit increases the limit value.

4 . The decompression system according to claim 1 , wherein the control circuit detects the communication based on the torque command.

5 . The decompression system according to claim 4 , wherein the control circuit detects the communication based on a comparison between the torque command generated by the control circuit and the limit value before being increased.

6 . The decompression system according to claim 1 , wherein
a first torque is required to operate the motor at a target speed in a state where a pressure difference between the external space and the internal space is at a first level, and a second torque larger than the first torque is required when the pressure difference between the external space and the internal space is at a second level smaller than the first level, and the control circuit changes the limit value within a range from the first torque to the second torque.

7 . The decompression system according to claim 1 , wherein the control circuit cancels a state in which the limit value is increased when the torque command decreases until a predetermined torque decrease condition is satisfied after the limit value is increased.

8 . The decompression system according to claim 7 , wherein
the predetermined torque decrease condition includes a condition that the torque command decreases to be less than the increased limit value, and the control circuit cancels the state in which the limit value is increased when the torque command decreases to be less than the increased limit value after the limit value is increased.

9 . The decompression system according to claim 7 , wherein the control circuit cancels the state in which the limit value is increased when the state in which the limit value is increased continues until a predetermined continuation condition is satisfied without the torque command decreasing until the predetermined torque decrease condition is satisfied.

10 . The decompression system according to claim 9 , wherein
the predetermined continuation condition includes a condition that the state in which the limit value is increased continues for a predetermined period, and the control circuit cancels the state in which the limit value is increased when the state in which the limit value is increased continues for the predetermined period without the torque command decreasing until the predetermined torque decrease condition is satisfied.

11 . A control device comprising:
a control circuit that:
generates a torque command to operate, in accordance with an operation command, a motor of an electric pump that decompresses an internal space of a chamber with respect to an external space of the chamber,
limits the torque command to a limit value or less, and
temporarily increases the limit value in response to communication between the internal space and the external space; and
a power conversion circuit that generates driving power corresponding to the torque command passed through the control circuit and supplies the driving power to the motor.

12 . A control method comprising:
generating a torque command to operate, in accordance with an operation command, a motor of an electric pump that decompresses an internal space of a chamber with respect to an external space of the chamber; limiting the torque command to a limit value or less; generating driving power corresponding to the torque command limited to the limit value or less and supplying the driving power to the motor; and temporarily increasing the limit value in response to communication between the internal space and the external space.

Assignees

• Yaskawa Electric Corp

Inventors

• Goto Akinori

Classifications

• F04B49/10 Primary

  Other safety measures · CPC title

• H02P6/08

  Arrangements for controlling the speed or torque of a single motor (H02P6/10, H02P6/28 take precedence) · CPC title

• F04B49/065

  and making use of computers · CPC title

• F04B49/06

  Control using electricity (regulating by means of floats actuating electric switches F04B49/04) · CPC title

• H02P7/06

  for regulating or controlling an individual DC dynamo-electric motor by varying field or armature current · CPC title